27.11.13

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by number of users, will begin commercial services of its high-speed 4G network on December 18, the Shanghai Daily reported.

China Mobile, whose 759 million users make up 62 percent of China's total 1.2 billion mobile subscribers, will launch its 4G service first in Beijing, Guangzhou and Chongqing, the newspaper cited a China Mobile official in Shanghai as saying.

The government is expected to issue licenses for 4G before China Mobile's services start, the report said.

These licenses would mainly benefit China Mobile, as they are expected to be for its Chinese-made 4G standard rather than the international standard rivals China Unicom and China Telecom are chiefly using to build their networks.Read More